Flower Pots on the Ocean Floor

Although we were only in Moncton, New Brunswick for a short time we saw something truly impressive: the Flowerpots on the Bay of Fundy. The Bay of Fundy is famous for the way the tides move in and out, rising 45’ in a matter of hours. 

Hard to imagine people kayak here at high tide

The Flower Pots are rock formations that have been carved by erosion into tall towers topped with trees and plants. When we arrived at the site of the Flower Pots, the tide was out so we walked on the beach at the bottom of the spires and through the arches. I couldn’t resist taking off my shoes and stepping in the Bay. The water was too cold for swimming but not icy cold like I expected.

I'm that little spot at the bottom of the rock

As we stood on the beach we could literally see the tide rise. Within 15 minutes the rock outcroppings disappeared. As the tide continued to rise the park rangers began to move people away from the far end of the rocks. We stayed on the beach until about 30 minutes before the deadline to move to higher ground. While we ate lunch on the deck overlooking the bay we watched the shallow basin several miles out fill as the tide rose. It’s incredible to think of the volume of water that raises the levels so quickly in an area that large.

After the Flower Pots, we stopped at Cape Enrage to see the lighthouse built in the 1800s. As we drove back to Moncton we noticed that the flat grassy basins that had had no water on our drive down were filled with water once the tide rose.

Here we are at Cape Enrage

After talking to other campers at the RV park about their travels to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, we were  ready to hit the road again so after only a few days in Moncton we took off  to see Nova Scotia.